Bath-tub



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BA TH TUB.

No. 254,946. Patented Man-14,1882.

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BATH TUB.

' Patented Mar. 14,1882.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

FRANKLIN H. FIGKETT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

i BATH-TUB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,946, dated March 14, 1882.

Application filed November 28, 1891. (I\Io model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, FRANKLIN H. FIoKETT,

' of Chicago, in the county of Uook and State of ing a part hereof, and in which- I leys, 1..

Figure 1 represents a vertical and longitudinal central section of a folding or cabinet bathtub with my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a plan View of the rear end of a bath-tub andspiral pulleys, weight, and cords. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section of the cabinet above the spiral pulley and a plan View of the bath-tub drawn out, only one-half of the whole apparatus being represented, except the washbowl'and its support, of which the whole is shown. Fig. 4 represents a plan view of the cover at, faucetf, and wash-bowl. Fig. 5 represents a sectional view of the weight, showing the arrangement of the pulleys and cords. Fig. 6 represents an. enlarged view of the railing, 0, with thesliding bolt. Only the front end of the railing is shown. Fig. 7 represents an end view of the eyebolt and a small fragment of the splasher.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

The object of my invention is to improve the details of construction and operation ofPatent No. 240,313, granted to me April 19, 1881, and to that end I construct the parts as hereinafter described and shown.

In the drawings, B represents the cabinet, and Athe bath-tub, turningon a point or hinge, i. To the upper edge of the rear end and on each side of the tub are attached cords s, which pass under the fixed pulleys e, and from thence upward, and are attached each to the apex of a conical pulley, 1, provided with a spiral groove or path for the cord to work in. To the same shaft,g,arealso attachedlike formed pul- These pulleys l and Z may be attached base to base, or vice versa, or base to apex, as showninFig.2. To theapexofeachpulleylisattached a cord, as, which carries between its fixed ends a weight, 10, provided with pulleys s, and

midway between the ends and to the cord 001's attached a cord, 21, of which the other end is attached to any convenient point. vertically over the weight w, and of a length as found desirable for the special purpose. The spiral pulleys l and Z are so arranged that the cord 8 will, for example, wind upon the pulley from the apex to the base, and the cord 00 will in that case unwind from the base to the apex. It will be evident from this that when the cord to is suspended from the base of its pulley the cord s is on the apex of its pulley, and that consequently the weight 20 will overcome a many times greater weight A on the cords, and as the outer end of the weight A rises it gives less resistance in proportion, until finally it is balanced over the hinge or pivot i. As the weightw descends the cord w nnwinds or works toward the apex, and thus exerts a constantly decreasing force, so that at the apex the weight w exerts no force upon the cord 8.

This construction and mannerof using double spiral pulleys, as just explained, is not my invention; but the following additional improvements are my invention-namely, the attachment of the cord o and pulleys s in connection with the weight w and spiral pulleys l and 6.

Its operation is as follows: Whenthe weight w descends and A ascendsit is often desirable to decrease the power of the weightw still more,

and for this purpose the cord c is arranged of a proper length, so that it acts at the proper point, when it will hold the center of the cord as, after which, if the weight descends still farther, only half of its weight acts on the cord .10 while it completes its course on the spiral pulleys 1.

Instead of using the rubber-packed joint for the waste-pipe, I connect the waste-pipe 7L2 with a flexible pipe, h, which adapts itself to the different positions of the tub, its ends be ing firmly connected to the tub and the pipe k When the bath-tub is raised the tube assumes the position It. (Shown dotted.)

A neat base is desirable all around the cabinet; but the part on the front must be turned down. This I accomplish by hingingthe base 15 at t and attaching to it a cord, t, which is fastened to the back of the cabinet at a point high enough to cause the upper edge ofthe ba thtub to press upon it beforeit has fully entered the cabinet, and thus depress the cord t, as shown in dotted lines t and thereby raise the base into the dotted position 15. When the bath-tub is taken out the cord is released and the bath-tub will overturn the base, as shown. The bath-tub is shown notched for the cord t.

Two water-pipes, 0 0 for hot and cold water passthrough the weight-chamber C, over the trapdoor m, and are united by a T-shaped cock,f, which is jointed in the heads of the pipes 0 0 so that it may fall with the lid 1, as shown in dotted outline, when the bath-tub is raised, and thus be out of the way of the bath-tub.

Upon each side of the bath-t ub are arranged splashers, formed of ribs I) I) b, hinged at b and covered with a flexible substance, preferably oil-cloth. The inner and upper corner of this cloth is attached to an eyebolt, d, arranged to slide upon a railing, 0, attached to the inner side of the chamber B. The rail 0 is bent upward at its outer end, so as to adapt itself-to'thc motion of the rib b as it rises, and at the same time moves inward when the bathtub is raised. The eyebolt d slips loosely upon the rail 0 to the back end of said rail, and thereby allows room for the other ribs, 1) b, to pass in and fold up in the manner of afan. When the bath-tub is drawn out the eyebolt d slides out to the front, where it is arrested by the fastening which holds the rail, and from thence the splasher is spread out, as shown. The object of the splasher is to prevent the slopping of water over the sides of the tub.

Awash-basin, a is pivoted to sleeves a sliding loosely on the prongs of a fork, a which is hinged to the lower end of the weigh tchamber 0, and rests when down upon the lid m,'as shown.

In Fig. 1 the bowl is shown under the faucet fready for use and in dotted outline a when emptying. After use the fork, with the bowl, is raised into the position shown in dotted outlined a and held there by any suitable contrivance.

What I claim as new is 1. The bath-tub A, hinged at i, and attached by cords s to spiral pulley Z and spiral pulleys Z l, in combination with the weight w and cords a: and 12, arranged to operate substan tially as specified.

2. In combination with a bath-tubhinged to and so as to fold into a cabinet, and provided with a waste-pipe, the flexiblejoint h, and pipe 702, constructed to operate substantially as specified.

3. In combination with a bath-tub hingedto and so as to fold into a cabinet, the hinged base t and cord 21, arranged to operate substantially as specified.

4c. In combination with a bath-tub hinged to and so as to fold into a cabinet, the T-shaped and jointed cockj' and lid m, arranged to operate substantially as specified. I

5. In combination with a bath-tub hinged to and so as to fold into a cabinet, a folding splasher arranged upon the longitudinal sides of the tub and so as to fold with it into the cabinet, substantially as specified.

6. In combination with a bath-tubhinged to and so as to fold into a cabinet, the wash-bowl a, operated upon a hinged and verticallyswinging frame, a substantially as specified.

FRANKLIN H. FIGKETT. 

